re: #93 Obdicut

I can’t really imagine anything more relevant to the health of a country than the health of a country. If there was some poison suddenly introduced into the ecosystem, if there was a massive virus outbreak, we’d expect the government to address it. And yet, somehow, we don’t expect the government to address all the various viruses and diseases that kill us every year— even when it’s in the hundreds of thousands. It’s a perfectly natural function of government to safeguard the health of its citizens.

yes, yes we need a healthy populace. But you seem to assume this is the only or best way to get there. I disagree as do advocates of state based mandates, or single payer, or strict utility style regulations. Any of which might get the job done if well executed. I’d rather have single payer next year than a mess like this now.